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Brian Golas: Teachers unions don’t serve students
A union member speaks out in the Providence Journal Online.
By Brian Golas
I’m a teacher at Coventry High School and have been teaching for 23 years. As a member of a teachers union, I have lobbied for my union, and have sat on a committee to interview people running for public office to decide if the union should endorse them.
But it is important to note that a teachers union is not about children or education. Teachers, as individuals, are about children and education. But a teachers union is about negotiating the most lucrative contract for its membership. Period.